Summary Of The Stanford Prison Experiment

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There are many different kinds of ways to research. These research methods include correlation, case study, naturalistic and laboratory observations, surveys and of course experiment. In class we watch a documentary of the Stanford Prison Experiment. In this experiment a psychology professor named Philip Zimbardo, studied the psychological effects of turning Stanford students into prisoners or prison guards. The experiment was conducted from August 14-20, 1971. Zimbardo’s goal was to understand the psychological effect to people in abusive prisons. Twelve students were selected out of 75 to play the prisoners and live in a mock prison in the basement of the Stanford psychology building. Another twelve of the same 75 were selected to play

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